Social affairs

Over the past seven months since its launch, the National Public Service Portal has integrated 750 online public services (359 services for people and 414 for businesses). So far, it has had 189,000 accounts registered and recorded nearly 50 million visits. It has also received more than 179,000 documents sent online, handle nearly 7,000 complaints, and replied 16,600 phone inquiries. Its E-payment has been integrated with six ministries and 33 out of the 63 provinces. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s National Public Service Portal targets people and businesses: Minister Mai Tien Dung

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting - PHOTO: VGP HCMC - At a Government meeting on July 10, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the relevant agencies to immediately repatriate Vietnamese workers from Equatorial Guinea who have been infected with Covid-19. … [Read more...] about PM requests immediate repatriation of Vietnamese from Equatorial Guinea

It also asked Lilama 10 JSC, Tan Dai Loi Ltd., Co. and CM Vietnam JSC that have labourers infected with the virus to work with main investors and contractors to suspend work at the construction sites, guide employees how to protect themselves from the disease, and put forth measures to ensure rights of their labourers. … [Read more...] about PM orders repatriating Vietnamese labourers in Equatorial Guinea immediately

As many as 219 workers have been contracted to work at the Sendje hydropower plant project in Equatorial Guinea’s Littorial province, said Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh. Late last month, some of them visited the host country’s medical facilities for COVID-19 tests as they had got such symptoms like cough and fever. Test results released on June 30 showed that 16 had the virus and 20 others were suspected cases. As of July 9, 74 others were confirmed having the virus, raising the total number of COVID-19 patients to 112. All of them are being treated in Equatorial Guinea. At the meeting, the Government chief tasked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with competent authorities of foreign countries to increase the number of flights to bring home citizens stranded due to the COVID-19. Over the past months, the Foreign Ministry has worked with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport to arrange 55 flights carrying nearly … [Read more...] about PM Phuc orders immediate repatriation of citizens from Equatorial Guinea

At Friday’s meeting, PM Phuc tasked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with competent authorities of foreign countries to increase the number of flights to bring home citizens stranded due to COVID-19, including the Vietnamese workers in Equatorial Guinea. … [Read more...] about PM orders repatriation of Vietnamese workers with COVID-19 from Equatorial Guinea